Transparency and mounting therefor



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Patented Get. 19, was. ididfifi'iti UNITED STATES PATENT OFFECE.

PEARL C COLONY, 033 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

TRANSPARENCY AND MOUNTING THEREFOR.

Application filed June 23, 1924. Serial No. 721,824.

This invention relates to transparencies as to present a pleasing appearance. To and mountings therefor and has particular incorporate suitable advertising media on application for use in advertising purposes, a street car it is required that such media whether it be for bill boards or vehicles. be enclosed in suitable frames and protecta The invention has for an object the proed and likewise illuminated so that the advision of a novel form of mounting for a vertisements would be visible at night. The transparency which is rattle proof, dust same would be true for a bill board such as proof, which may be easily assembled, and shown in Figure 2, or for that matter for z. in the case of vehicles such as street cars, vehicle such as an automobile shownin Fig 60 does not change the construction of such ure 4, it being intended that the space norstreet car materially. The invention is so mally included within the tire rim would constructed and formed that vapor is prebe utilized for advertising or other purvented from condensing upon parts of the poses. In Figure 3 I have shown a stand same so as to spoil the genera] effect of any for placement in a window for advertising 65 transparency within the mounting. purposes, and in Fig. 5 an ordinary bench,

With the above and other objects in view, the back of which is adapted to be illumithe invention consists in the novel and usenated by any suitable means. In any adapful provision, formation, construction, ast-ation of the invention it is essential that sociation and relative arrangement of parts, the transparencies, whatever they may be, 70

members and features, all as shown in cerwhether they illustrate a sign or whether tain of its embodiments in the accompanythey contain mere words, should be quickly ing drawings, described generally and more interchangeable and, in the case ofvehiparticularly pointed out in claim. cles, any covering for the transparency In the drawings: should be rattle-proof and dust-proof, and 75 Figures 1 to 5 inclusive illustrate various should not entail great expense in the proapplications of the invention; vision of the frame members. To change Figure 6 is an enlarged cross sectional the outside of a street car, as shown in Fig. view showing the invention-as applied to 1, might under ordinary conditions result the sides of a street car shown in Figure in considerable expense, as the bracing and 80 1, said viewbeing taken on the line 66 other frame work might have to be changed; of Fig. 8; however, with my invention it is only neces- Figure 7 is a fragmentary face view on sary to remove portions of the outer sheatha reduced scale of the showing of Fig. 6; ing of the street car and insert a reflector and, and then place the novel form of mounting s5 Figure 8 is a fragmentary top plan view in front of such reflector. Thus it is unof the'showing of Fig. 6, said view being necessary to tiefup for any considerable on a reduced scale. length of time any one street car, as the 1. Corresponding parts in all the figures are work can be performed very quickly and designated by the same reference characters. the frames manufactured or stamped from so 40 Referring with particularity to the drawmetal in a short time and made ready for ings, I have illustrated in the first five figuse. The invention has been shown as apures various adaptations of the invention, plied for use in a street car in Figures one of the adaptations being ,for a street 6 to 8 inclusive, and it'is of course to be oar such as shown in Figure 1, and this understood that the invention lends itself to 5 form of street car may bedesignated as an various shapes and adaptations otherthan advertising street car, in that advertisefor use on a street car. ments maybe placed on the street car so as In Figure 6 the sash is shown at a and to be visible exteriorly of such street car. the base-board at b, said base-board 6 being As. mere pasteboard signs would detract mountedupon a stringer shown at 0. It is 100 from the appearance of the street car, it is noted that these parts of the 'street' car intended that the signsbe of such a nature shown in Figure -1 are designated by A.

-bers 7a, m, and n. constitutes a protector :may

such glass comprising a the sure. The resultant member .70 becomes what The sheathing included between the sill or sash a and the base-board 6 would be removed and upon the removal of such sheathing a reflector (Z would be inserted between said sash and the base-board. It is noted that the reflector would be cut away, as shown at 1 in Fig. 8, so as to accommodate the uprights e, of which there is a plurality, and which uprights are between the sash a and the base-board Z). This reflector may have suitably mounted withinthe'same incandescent lights f, and ,saidreflector .may likewise carry a slide door or gate 9, so that access .may be had within the reflector for the purpose: of. replacing burntbut bulbs. The mounting adapted for: placement in front of the reflector (Z i is designated as an entirety by B, and includes outer: and inner frame ,gmeinbers hand j --respectivel'y. The outer frame member ,h is straight-sided, while the inner frame member-j isfsubstantia'lly Iiishaped; It is to be understood that such respective frame members aremadeup in sets; that :is to say, they include top and bottom'pieces and sidepieces, such as shown in Fig. 7, the meeting end portions of such pieces being xgiven a diagonal cut, as shown at .2. Th6sOLltT and inner frame members are adapted to be united as by means of screws, as shown at 3. In the adaptation shown in Figure 6 the frame member is secured to the upr ghts as well as vthesash a. and the base-board Z) by suitable means such as wood screws shown at l. The formation of the inner frame member 7' is such as to provide aflange 5, andwhen the outer frame member h is secured to the inner framemember jthe latter will have a part asshown at 6 which acts asa second flange. Between such flanges are placed the transparency and cooperating parts designated as an: entirety by C, and constituting an exhibiting panel unit which includes mem- The member is which be made-of unbreakable glass, series of thin sheets of glass as showniat '7, 8 and 9, with gelatine betweensaid sheets,

sheets of glass being united under presis known as unbreakable glass, or non-shat- .tureof whatever it is verable glass. I comprise a treated printed paper upon which is depicted an advertisement or ,pic-

desired to show. This transparency may be sensitized photograph- Back of such member ic paper given an oil finish. transparency is a .'light diffusing n which may be translucent :glass. Included between the flange -5 andthe: glass nis a felt ,gasket :10 and included between the transparency and the member 7a is ,a thin strip of canwras .or -.tl re like 1 1. Asssli own, infE g. 7 "t e-cs overlap the inner frame member. Inter- .and the .member 712.

The transparency on may in s pf i E si-sil snflicieat' posed between the flange 6 of the outer frame member in and the member is a felt gasket 12. It will be noted that in actual assemblage the glass member a may be always in position and if it is desired to remove the transparency from between the members is and a it is only necessary to remove the outer frame member by releasing the securing means 3, and by grasping the ends of the canvas strip 11 to withdraw from such framemember j the transparency The transparency may easily be removed and a new one inserted, according to usage and requirement. It willlthus Tbe;sccn that all the parts such as shown at 7a, m and a; are tightly held between the "fl-anges off the frame members so-that there is little chance of rattle in such members. The ,frame members and th method of assembling the transparency would be the same for the adaptations of the invention .showninFigures 2 to 5 inclusive, although the general shape of the transparency o'r'the frame members might vary, the general principle is to provide suitable illuminating means back of the transparency so that the transparency may be readily viewed. .A treated transparency will of course diffuse the light and the bulb members f would not be readily distinguished through thetransparency.

A further feature of the invention resides in the provision of ventilating screens shown at 13 .and 14 for the street car A. These ventilating screens communicate di rectly with the .interior of the reflector d, and as a result any moisture in the air is prevented from condensing upon the member 70, which would prevent a clear View of the tra sparency through such member. This "ventilating medium might be applied to the devic shown in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive,and for the same purpose.

The reflector d, where it is of considerable length, may be suitably reinforced as by ,means shown at 15'.

"t is obvious that various changes and modificationsmay be made in practicing the invention, 1n departure from the part1cu lar showing of the drawings and the description as given, without departing from the true spirit of the invention.

Having thus disclosed my invention, I clainmanddesireto secure by Letters Patent: An advertising device for street cars or the like including a mounting for placem it .in frontoifwa reflector and comprising nner ,andouter frame members one having a seat and an attaching flange and the other being straight sided, the outer straight .m'emher overlying and contacting the at achinsc leas o V thensatmembefithe outer m mbe pa leli g t e seat sai i n M m e e ..sras ed ther fiqni to f rm a housing, the transparency arranged in sai housing and having a light diffusing memher at the back thereof, and a protector in front, a fabric strip arranged between said transparency and the said protector and having one end overlapping the outer flange of the inner member to facilitate the removal of the transparency when desired,

and a gasket located between said light dif fusing member and the adjacent wall of said inner member. 19

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification.

PEARL G. COLONY. 

